{"id":18594,"date":"2020-03-12T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=submission&#038;p=18594"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:21:57","slug":"bill-c-5-judicial-education","status":"publish","type":"submission","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/submission\/bill-c-5-judicial-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission on Bill C-5 on judicial education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In March 2020, LEAF Staff Lawyer Rosel Kim appeared before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/43-1\/JUST\/meeting-5\/notice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0to speak about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/43-1\/bill\/C-5\/first-reading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill C-5, An Act to amend the\u00a0<em>Judges Act<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em>Criminal Code<\/em><\/a>. This Bill would require potential judges to promise to complete continuing education on sexual assault law and social context. It would also require judges to provide reasons for their decisions in sexual assault trials, which would need to be recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF\u2019s submissions highlighted the need for training for judges on sexual assault law, to combat harmful myths and stereotypes about sexual assault complainants and to ensure that judges are able to properly apply this complex area of law. For this reason, LEAF generally supported the Bill in its current version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, to be effective, the Bill must clarify certain points. LEAF\u2019s suggestions included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Defining \u201csocial context\u201d as factors contributing to inequality in Canadian society, including colonialism, systemic racism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia;<\/li><li>Ensuring that training materials are developed in consultation with sexual assault survivors who reflect the diversity of people in Canadian society, and with lived experience of oppression; and<\/li><li>Ensuring that training materials include the impact of trauma on a complainant\u2019s memory, demeanour and well-being.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF&rsquo;s submissions also suggested that, where judges read an oral decision into the record and do not provide written reasons, the transcript of the decision should be made available on publicly accessible domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read and download LEAF&rsquo;s submission below.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-23-FINAL-LEAF-Written-Submissions-re-Bill-C-5-.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">2020-03-23-FINAL-LEAF-Written-Submissions-re-Bill-C-5-<\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[501,256,502],"class_list":["post-18594","submission","type-submission","status-publish","hentry","tag-education","tag-sexual-assault","tag-training"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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